Portal talk:Current events/2019 September 10

Gig worker bill
The California State Senate approves Assembly Bill 5, a bill to regulate temporary work, introducing a formal test to classify workers as independent contractors or employees. (TechCrunch) (The Week)

Concerning your deletion with motive "It's a new ONLY relevant in California". California is, like, the world's fifth biggest economy. The bill "is expected to unravel the contractor business model of companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash" (Gizomodo). It is supported by "several Democratic presidential candidates [...] including the US senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Kamala Harris of California" (The Guardian). It's expected to affect "at least one million workers who have been on the receiving end of a decades-long trend of outsourcing and franchising work" (NYT). It also talks about the similar issue in Britain: "In Britain, Uber has appealed a decision by a labor tribunal that drivers must be classified as workers entitled to minimum wage and vacation. The country’s Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case next year." Those companies have a business model that is applied worldwide. So my point is that this information is relevant for the worldwide community. Wakari07 (talk) 16:13, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

For the English-speaking international press, I count The Guardian, Financial Times, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Reuters 1, Reuters 2, BBC, the Toronto Star, CBC, and there are probably a lot more. Wakari07 (talk) 19:42, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

The three companies mentioned plan to spend US$90 million for a continued fight against the bill. Business Insider Australia Wakari07 (talk) 20:18, 11 September 2019 (UTC)